The nightmare of peace and stability in Zimbabwe
I had this dream. I was running down Samora Machel Avenue in Harare. There was this big cloud of peace, stability, media freedom and democracy running behind me. The only thing was that I was not running towards it- I was running very fast from it.
Then all of a sudden I was no longer in Samora Machel Avenue. I was running through a train in London’s Subway.
In my mind I could hear loud screams. “Metropolitan Line! Circle Line! Piccadilly Line! Victoria Line!” Over and over again. I turned- and there it was again- peace, stability, democracy- and it had Morgan Tsvangirai’s face. Read more
The Asylum Story of Courage Shumba
Courage Shumba, 30, is currently awaiting a decision from the Home Office on his application for asylum.
Here he tells how he was forced to leave his home country and seek refuge in the UK and how he feels the asylum system has, so far, failed him:
In 1999 I enrolled at the University of Zimbabwe to study law; soon after I was elected to the students’ Executive Council as Vice President.
I was the first branch chairman for the Movement for Democratic Change at the university and heavily involved with the National Constitutional Assembly.
I wasn’t a part-time political activist - I was fully involved in trying to liberate our country from the barbaric and brutal regime of Robert Mugabe.
In 2001 I was expelled from the University for political activism. I’d studied law for three years but they refused to give me my results or grant me a hearing. Read more
Vote for this Zimbabwean film!
Zimbabwean filmmaker, Rumbi Katedza’s film, Asylum, is one of only two African entries up for the RCI Migrations People’s Choice Award. The short film is about a Sudanese woman seeking Asylum in the UK. In the process, the horrors of her past life in Darfur keep coming back to haunt her.
Remember it’s a People’s Choice Award. We are the people. For this film to win it needs your vote!
- Click here to visit the website and vote (a map of the world will come up. click on the green dot over Sudan, Africa and the rest is self explanatory)
- Click read more below to see the message from Rumbi
